Behavioral Health Specialist II, Juvenile Community Justice; Limited

About the Department

The mission of the Juvenile Community Justice division is to reduce risk, repair harm and create opportunity. The juvenile division operates the following programs:
Juvenile Detention, Juvenile Field Services, including:
Probation, Informal Supervision, Community Service and Juvenile Behavioral Health. We adhere to evidence-based practices in all decision-making, aspire to a continuous learning and improvement culture, utilize restorative justice practices and promote structural equity for our clients, community and staff.

We know where you choose to live, work and play matters. Deschutes County is one of the largest employers in Central Oregon and the largest municipal government in the region. Our dedicated and passionate workforce of more than 1,250 employees provides County services in a number of departments, divisions, and offices. Located in the heart of Central Oregon, between the towering Cascade Mountain Range to the west and the high desert plateau to the east, Deschutes County is the outdoor recreation capital of Oregon.

We enjoy a renowned quality of life, with big-city opportunities and small-town neighborhoods. We hope you’ll consider joining our talented team.

Under general supervision, the Behavioral Health Specialist II provides professional behavioral health services, using the Functional Family Therapy (FFT) model, designed to empower youth and families by creating strength-based behavior changes that will be sustained long after treatment ends. This position performs assessment, treatment protocols, case management, crisis intervention, community outreach and in-home services to youth and their families. This position also provides direct clinical treatment using the FFT treatment model and principles.

Some principles include leveraging strengths and focusing on the positive, interrupting blame and negativity in family meetings, and changing focus and reframing as necessary, to name a few.

This position is located in Deschutes County and may be eligible for a hybrid of in-office/remote work as allowed by policy and approved by the supervisor. Typical work schedule includes evenings. Must have the ability to be flexible to meet the scheduling needs of families.

• Applies extensive therapeutic and counseling techniques to provide excellent services to youth and their families; directs the provision and development of treatment services.
• Provides weekly (or as needed) home-based family therapy sessions utilizing the FFT model, with fidelity as an evidence based practice to referred families who have adolescents between the ages of 12 and 18.
• Manages time and caseload work to successfully prioritize weekly case planning, data entry and evaluation of case progress, with ongoing support from supervisor and team members.

Knowledge of or experience with:

• Psychological, sociological, and psychiatric theory and belief in the capacity of people to grow and change.
• Client assessment, treatment planning, and diagnostic classifications.
• Working with adolescents and families, using cultural responsivity and trauma informed practice.

• Effective relationship skills such as eliciting trust, warmth, being non-blaming and showing individual, familial and cultural respect, as well as cross-agency collaboration.
• Interpersonal skills, including being able to provide validation, positive interpretation and reframing as well as structuring skills and the ability to provide direction and focus during family meetings.
• Adapting and individualizing program interventions to utilize family strengths and skills, as well as cultural responsivity in working with native Spanish-speaking families and communities.

* This posting is not meant to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities, but rather constitutes a general definition of the position's scope and function.

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$6,004.15 to $8,046.13 per month for a 172.67 hour work…